Tag holder



Jan, 23, 11923. I v 1,44324 J. L. KOLBEl TAG HoLDER.

F| LED SEPT 30 1 920 atented wllailfi.. 23,

arianrw rr Jonni L. notan, or wenwarose, Wisconsin.

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i Application med september se, 192m eeriaina'naeml to wdesigned; for shipinentfor display, such as sacks or bags of n1erchandise,bales of goods having fabrlc Wrappers or 'coverinigrs and the like, and also adapted for attachment tow the Ihandles and Wire reinforcing rings of buclrets7 Cans, and similar recep'tacles; and inore especially it 'is'the object of the'inven'- tion to provide a tag attaching device which is proof against accidental (lisaplacelnent or disengagement through the handi 'lingto Which packages and' like articlesare subjected in shipnient and storage 'With a view to Ininirnizing the loss'and 'inconvenwienoe incident to an absence of identifyin.g v means; and With these objects in view the 'invention consists in. the construction and coinbination of parts'of Which a preferred e1n bodiment is shown in the drawings, where-- in i i Figure 1 is a view of a tag holder arerangedin the operative position in engageinent With a sack or like container and suppor-ting an identifying tag.

Figure 2 is a detail side view of a tag holder. o

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the Salme.

The holder in general form constitutes a i loop 10 constructed ofl a single blank of Wire of anyflsuitable gage and having a reasonable degree of resilience or spring aetion, the closed end of theloopflserving for gengagenient With the tag ll, While at the 'i freeends of the arms 12 thereofare formed jaws 13 for engagement With the material flla of Whiohthe following is aspect U of the saclr, or with any other objects such as a halo or handle or other available* portlon ofa buclrct7 can kor like receptacle.l

ln the construction illustrated in Figures l to linclusive each jaW is of parallelsided looped form disposed transversely With re-; i

lation to the body loop or length of the holder, With the' outer side of each j aW loop deiiected transversely from the plane of 'the body portion of the holder to cause the jaWs i to interloclr'transversely. In other Words thexsidesof each jaW are disposed in a plane i;

oblique to theplane of' the holder gor the body loop forming the holder, said oblique planes of the two jaws'being in intersecting relation so that the inner and outer sides of each jaW operate respectively at opposite 'sides of the corresponding elements of the other jaW. When; the holder is to be applied to an article such as the fahric container of a pacl age or a saclr coinposed of burlap or like imiterial the sides of the body loop are pressed toward each other as ndicated in Figure 5 until the free-ends of the 'outer sidos of the ja'ws are disenpjaged to permit 'said free ends to puncture or pass through the fabric, vand upon release of the holder the movement in opposite directions by the jaws will conh'ne a substantial portion of the fabri'c between the interlocked outer and inner sides of the jaws Which by reason of their in't'erlocked relation are secured against relative deflection. When the holder is closed or the jaWs at the free ends of the arms .thereof are interlocked as indicated, deflection of either' arm of the body loop in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the loop is impossible, and therefore the disenga'genient of the holder from the fabric With Which the iaws are engaged by the application of vStrain to the tag or to the looped portion of the holder is prevented exceptby applyingthereto a Strain snfcient to tear the fabric. x

'llhe lengths of the inner and. outer sides of the loops forn'iing the interlocking iaws are preferably substantially equalI so that When the sidesof the body loop are in their normal positions their extreznities of the outersides of the iaWs are substantially flush or eoineident With the looped or closed o portions of the jawiloops, as indicated in Figure 2. i i o ln the modified construction illustrerat-ed in Figure thermain difference resides in the fact that' the inner sides of the jaWs 13*l are not parallel With the outer sides thereof but are disposed diagonally as indicated at 15 so that the inner sdes of the two jaws intersect at a consider-able distance from the transverse line of the outer sides of the jaws, but in the matter of the'crossing of the ele ments so as to dispose the outer sides of the jaws respectively in opposed relations to the inner'sides thereof the construction indioated in Figure 6 is identical with that shown in Figures-l to 4: inclusive.

' While specific illustration thereof is deemed unnecessary, it Will be obvious that the jaws of the holder are adapted for engagement in 'substantially the manner indicated hereinb'efore With other than fabric articles as for example with the wire bales or handles of cans, buckets or like receptacles and in fact With any object of a diameter Which is capable of occupying the space between the inner and outer'sides of the looped jaws formed at the' free ends of the sides of the body loop.

Having described the invention, what is: claimed as new and useful is A tag holder consisting of a loop constructed of a single blank of wire havingY sufiicient resilience to provide spring action, the closed end of the loop serving for engagenient with a tag, the free'ends of the loop being formed to provide eomplemental jaws of looped form di sposed in overlappiimr relation throughout their lei'igrths which correspond substantially with the width of the main loop7 the outer or free legs of the jaw loops having their legs arranged substantially in contact and in parallelisin for engagement in common with a portion of the article to which the tag is to be attached, the main loop giving said jaivs a springr tendency towards each other, the outer and inner sides of said jaiv loops beinrbr arranged in intersecting planes oblique to the plane of the body loop.

In testimony whereof he af'rixes his signature.

JOHN L. KOLBE. 

